Rep. Calvin L. Giles

Creates the State Services Assurance Act. Establishes required staffing ratios for specified State agencies that provide essential services. Requires the Departments of Children and Family Services and Veterans' Affairs to convene caseload and workload standards task forces, and the Department of Juvenile Justice to convene a staffing ratio standards task force, to develop standards by January 1, 2007. Requires the Legislative Audit Commission, in consultation with the Auditor General, to schedule audits, to be completed by January 1, 2007, of each executive branch agency under the Governor's authority to determine its staffing level trends. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning special education classes for children from orphanages, foster family homes, children's homes, or State housing units. Effective immediately.

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Creates the Motor Fuel Fair Marketing Practices Act. Provides that it is a violation of the Act to engage in motor fuel price gouging in response to the occurrence of a national disaster or State emergency, except where the sale is both an isolated and inadvertent incident. Provides that in certain instances it is not a violation of the Act to sell or advertise for sale motor fuel at a retail price that would constitute a below cost sale. Allows concessions of up to 5% of the motor fuel sale, provided that the concessions are not given by the motor fuel retailer or an affiliate, that the cost of the concessions are not borne by the motor fuel retailer or affiliate, and that the concessions do not reduce the pump price and net amount paid for the motor fuel at the time of the sale. Provides that if there is a concession that exceeds 5%, that otherwise meets the specified criteria, the motor fuel retailer is required to take certain actions to stop the excess portion of the concession. Provides that the Department of Revenue and the Attorney General shall have certain powers and duties under the Act. Establishes a Motor Fuel Cost Review Board. Provides the remedies and penalties for selling motor fuel below cost and price gouging.

Amends the School Code. Makes technical changes with regard to the State Board of Education, the Comprehensive Education Plan, and the Chicago school district.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning special education classes for children from orphanages, foster family homes, children's homes, or State housing units. Effective immediately.

Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Authorizes the Board of Education of the City of Chicago to levy a Public School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund and Pension Contribution Tax. Provides that proceeds of the tax may be used by the Board of Trustees of the Public School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago for the purpose of making employer pension contributions. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Common School Fund.

Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that a charter school may not have more campuses than the number of campuses it has on the effective date of the amendatory Act, except that if a charter school has more than one campus and a campus closes on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, then the number of campuses that the charter school may have shall be reduced by the number of campuses that have closed.

Amends the School Code. Repeals provisions that place limitations on administrative costs in school districts.